EP3318766A1 - Gebläse und ausseneinheit einer klimaanlage damit - Google Patents

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EP3318766A1
EP3318766A1 EP17204460.4A EP17204460A EP3318766A1 EP 3318766 A1 EP3318766 A1 EP 3318766A1 EP 17204460 A EP17204460 A EP 17204460A EP 3318766 A1 EP3318766 A1 EP 3318766A1
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Masaru Nakagawa
Seiji Sato
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  • the present invention relates to an outdoor unit of an air conditioner and a blower used for the same.
  • a diffuser part (a ventilation part) extends to a downstream from a cylindrical bell mouth part installed around a propeller fan, for example, as described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2013-119816 .
  • an air current may not be uniformly introduced into all inlet ports installed at an upstream side of the bell mouth part based on an apparatus in which the blower is installed, therefor a suction flow rate may be distributed according to region.
  • blowing efficiency may not be improved more than a certain level, and there is also a problem in that when the number of revolutions of a propeller fan is increased for increasing the suction flow rate, power consumption is increased and noise is generated.
  • noise prevention blade a stator blade
  • noise generated in the noise prevention blade is also a problem.
  • the present invention is directed to providing a blower which significantly improves blowing efficiency and suppresses noise and an outdoor unit of an air conditioner using the same.
  • a blower including a fan, a container-shaped molded object provided so that a bell mouth part provided to be spaced apart from an outer circumferential surface of the fan and a diffuser part provided to be extended from a downstream end of the bell mouth part are integrally molded, and a molded blade part including a plurality of noise prevention blades and provided at the diffuser part, wherein the diffuser part is provided to be inclined so that an area of a flow path increases toward a downstream end of the diffuser part, and an inclination angle of the diffuser part varies along a circumferential direction of the diffuser part with respect to a rotation shaft of the fan.
  • a diffuser angle positioned at a side at which an air flow rate is great may be provided to be greater than a diffuser angle positioned at a side in which an air flow rate is small.
  • the plurality of noise prevention blades may be disposed to be spaced apart from each other in a radial shape around the rotation shaft of the fan, and outer circumferential ends of the plurality of noise prevention blades may be supported by an inside of the diffuser part.
  • the plurality of noise prevention blades may be formed to have an arc-shaped surface and provided to have convex surfaces facing the fan.
  • the molded blade part may be provided so that a boundary surface of a lower end of the molded blade part is provided along the convex surfaces of the plurality of noise prevention blades.
  • a blower including a fan, a diffuser part provided so that an area of a flow path is increased from a discharging surface through which the fan discharges air toward a downstream end, and a molded blade part including a hub provided in a cylindrical shape and having a hollow around a rotation shaft of the fan and a plurality of noise prevention blades provided to be extended from an outer circumferential surface of the hub toward an inclined surface of the diffuser part, wherein the plurality of noise prevention blades are disposed to be spaced apart from each other in a radial shape around the hub, and outer circumferential ends of the plurality of noise prevention blades are provided to be extended from the hub to the inclined surface of the diffuser part in an arc shape so that the outer circumferential ends of the plurality of noise prevention blades are supported by the inclined surface of the diffuser part.
  • An inclination angle of the diffuser part may vary along a circumferential direction of the diffuser part with respect to the rotation shaft of the fan, and a distance between an outer circumferential end of the hub and the inclined surface of the diffuser part may proportionally vary according to the varying inclination angle of the diffuser part.
  • the blower according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a blower provided with the bell mouth part disposed at the outside of a propeller fan in a diameter direction and having a lateral cross-section in a circular shape, and the diffuser part installed in series at a downstream end of the bell mouth part, an inclined surface facing the outside in the diameter direction as at least a part of the inner circumferential surface of the diffuser part faces a downstream side, and simultaneously an opening of a downstream end of the diffuser part has a shape different from the circular shape.
  • a flow path enlargement rate of the diffuser part varies according to positions by, for instance, setting the flow path enlargement rate according to a flow rate of each position of non-uniform air current having a suctionflow rate deviation (a distribution) due to the position, loss of the diffuser part is may be suppressed, and a pressure restoring effect may be maximized.
  • blowing efficiency may be significantly increased and blowing noise may be decreased due to a flow speed decreasing effect which is an evidence of the pressure restoring effect.
  • An opening of a downstream end of the diffuser part which is easy to manufacture and practical may have an oval shape (a capsule shape) or polygonal shape of which corners are rounded.
  • an angle formed by the inclined surface and a rotation shaft line of the fan is represented as a diffuser angle and the diffuser angle is provided to generally vary in a circumferential direction, turbulence generation due to drastic increasing an area of a flow path of the diffuser part is suppressed as much as possible, a pressure restoring effect may be obtained, and thus efficiency improvement and a noise decrease effect may more obviously ne obtained.
  • the diffuser angle when the diffuser angle is represented as ⁇ , the diffuser angle may vary in the range of 3° ⁇ 0 ⁇ 35°.
  • the diffuser angle of a portion at which an air flow rate which passes through the propeller fan is great be greater than that of a portion at which the air flow rate which passes through the propeller fan is small.
  • the diffuser angle ⁇ of a portion adjacent to the other blowers be set in the range of 3° ⁇ 0 ⁇ 7° when the diffuser angle is represented as ⁇ .
  • the diffuser part is installed at the downstream side of the bell mouth part, in which an area of a flow path is increased from an upstream side to a downstream side with an enlargement rate greater than an area enlargement rate of a flow path at the downstream end of the bell mouth part, and the stator part includes the plurality of noise prevention blades and disposed in the diffuser part, the diffuser part is formed at the downstream side of the bell mouth part, a tip clearance between the propeller fan and the bell mouth is kept to a necessary minimum, and the area enlargement rate of the flow path required for pressure restoring at the diffuser part may be obtained.
  • the blower according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may further improve blowing efficiency due to a synergistic effect.
  • the diffuser part has an enlarged magnified flow path shape and the stator part is installed therein, the vortex may be introduced into the stator part from the propeller fan in a state in which an average speed of the vortex is sufficiently lowered, and thus a noise level generated from the noise prevention blades may be lowered.
  • the diffuser part has an oval shape as seen from a shaft, a direction or length of span of at least a part of the noise prevention blades of the stator part may be different, a noise level which is increased by noise generated from the noise prevention blades reaching a peak point and overlapping each other may be prevented, and thus an overall noise level may be decreased.
  • the downstream end of the diffuser part be formed in an oval shape as seen from the shaft, the plurality of noise prevention blades be disposed in a radial shape from the center as seen from the shaft, and an outer circumferential end be in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the diffuser part.
  • the diffuser part may have a suitable shape for restoring pressure, and a length or shape along a span direction of the noise prevention members constituting the stator part may not be the same, and thus a noise peak of a blade passing frequency (BPF) may be suppressed.
  • BPF blade passing frequency
  • a divergence angle ⁇ which is an angle formed by an upstream end of the diffuser part with respect to a virtual line extending from the downstream end of the diffuser part toward the shaft as seen from the longitudinal cross-section be in the range of 3° ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 35°, however, when there is the noise prevention blade, the divergence angle ⁇ may be set to in the range of 0° ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 18°. It may be more preferable that the divergence angle ⁇ be set to 9°.
  • the diffuser angle 0 may be an angle of any portion of the diffuser part
  • the divergence angle ⁇ may be an angle of the upstream end of the diffuser part
  • ⁇ and ⁇ may be the same.
  • the central point of a circular or polygonal shape of the downstream end of the diffuser part or an intersection point of the major axis and the minor axis of an oval shape be exist on a rotation shaft line of the propeller fan as seen from the shaft.
  • the stator part include the hub in a substantially hollow cylindrical shape in which the inner circumferential end of the noise prevention blade is connected to the outer circumferential surface and the hub include a reinforcement rib structure in a radial shape.
  • a cover member which is installed to cover the downstream side of the hub and has a cone-shaped surface or dome-shaped curved surface be further provided. Accordingly, since the cover member has the curved surface, snow is not accumulated on the hub, and the noise prevention blades of the stator part may also be prevented from being damaged due to a weight of snow.
  • the cover member be installed to be detachable from the hub in an area where it hardly snows so that a manufacturing cost is decreased by omitting the cover member.
  • the diffuser part having a lateral cross-section of the downstream side in an oval shape, dispose the stator part in the diffuser part, and efficiently mold an even complex shape for improving blowing efficiency using resin injection molding, it is preferable to provide a container-shaped molded object in which the bell mouth part and the diffuser part are integrally molded and a molded blade part in which at least the stator part are molded.
  • blowing efficiency may be significantly improved and fluid noise may also be reduced to be suitable to heat exchangers installed in a plurality of parallel rows.
  • a blower according to an embodiment of the present disclosure can significantly improve blowing efficiency as well as reduce blowing noise.
  • a blower 7 according to the present embodiment is a type of axial fan used for an outdoor unit 600 (hereinafter, simply referred to as the outdoor unit 600) for an air conditioner.
  • the outdoor unit 600 includes a casing 5 which is formed with a bottom plate (not shown) and side perimeter plates 52 and 51 in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape extending vertically, a plurality of heat exchangers 6 disposed at side and rear surfaces of the casing 5, and a plurality of (here, two) blowers 7 disposed adjacent to a top surface of the casing 5.
  • the outdoor unit 600 has , so called, a vertical upright type in which air is introduced from a side surface of the casing 5 into an inside thereof by a vortex generated by the blower 7, comes into contact with the heat exchanger 6, and is discharged upward.
  • the casing 5 accommodates various electric units (not shown) besides the heat exchanger 6.
  • blower 7 will be specifically described.
  • the blower 7 includes a propeller fan 71, a motor 72 which drives and rotates the propeller fan 71, and a container-shaped molded object 73 which is disposed around the propeller fan 71 and has a container shape.
  • the container-shaped molded object 73 has an edge having a rectangular (including a square) outline as seen from an axis of rotation C of the propeller fan 71, and simultaneously is an integrally molded object formed by forming a through hole along a direction of the axis of rotation C, and a bell mouth part 8 and a diffuser part 9 are formed on an inner circumferential surface of the through hole.
  • the container-shaped molded object 73 is disposed at an upper portion in the casing 5.
  • the bell mouth part 8 includes a bell mouth duct 81 which is installed having a tiny gap at a further outer side than an outer circumferential end of the propeller fan 71 in an inner circumferential surface of the container-shaped molded object 73 and has a perfectly circular container-like shape, and an opening (a bell mouth) 82, which is installed to be connected to an upstream side of the bell mouth duct 81, and has a horn shape.
  • the diffuser part 9 is formed at the inner circumferential surface which continues from a downstream end of the bell mouth part 8 toward a side in which a downstream is generated in the inner circumferential surface of the container-shaped molded object 73, and, here, is an inclined surface 91 which is inclined toward the outside in a direction of a diameter such that a front surface of the inner circumferential surface faces a downstream side thereof.
  • the downstream end opening 9a in the diffuser part 9 has a shape different from a perfect circle, for instance, an oval shape, so that a width of the downstream end opening 9a through which air flows from an outlet of the bell mouth duct 81 as seen from the axis of rotation C changes according to location.
  • the inclined surface 91 in which the width is minimized is the inclined surface 91 positioned on a minor axis C1 of the downstream end opening 9a having an oval shape as seen from the axis of rotation C.
  • the diffuser angle ⁇ is set to 3°.
  • shorter side surfaces of the container shaped molded objects 73 are disposed to face each other in a direction of the shorter axis C1 of the plurality of blowers 7, and simultaneously a plurality of (two) blowers 7 are installed along longer side surfaces of the container-shaped molded objects 73 are adjacently disposed with each other.
  • an inclined surface in which the diffuser angle ⁇ is maximized is the inclined surface 91 positioned on a major axis C2 of the downstream end opening 9a as seen from the axis of rotation C.
  • the diffuser angle ⁇ is set to 35°.
  • an inner diameter value of a downstream end of the bell mouth duct 81 is defined as Db
  • a height value of the diffuser part 9 along the direction of the axis of rotation C is defined as L
  • an edge value of the container-shaped molded object is defined as S
  • Db, L, and S are set to satisfy the following equation (1).
  • S / 2 C L ⁇ tan ⁇ + Db / 2
  • C is a coefficient in the range of 1.03 ⁇ C ⁇ 1.5, and more preferably in the range of 1.06 ⁇ C ⁇ 1.12.
  • the strength of the container-shaped molded object 73 is secured, an installation space may be maximally used, influence of an adjacent blower 7 is significantly reduced, noise due to maximizing a diameter of the propeller fan may be reduced, etc.
  • a top plate 51 (Hereinafter, referred to as a top panel 51) of the casing 5 is disposed at a top surface (a cross-section of a side of the diffuser part) of the container-shaped molded object 73 to be in contact therewith.
  • the top panel 51 is a metal plate member provided with a surface plate part 511 having an opening approximately matching an outlet opening of the diffuser part 9 and a bent part 512 bent downward from an edge of the surface plate part 511, and the bent part 512 is screwed to a side perimeter plate 52 of the casing 5.
  • the heat exchanger 6 is not disposed in the front of the casing 5, the heat exchanger 6 is disposed at a side of the casing 5, and thus more air is inhaled from a rear surface and the side surface when the blower 7 is operated.
  • electric elements and the like disposed inside the casing 5 also have air resistance, in the present embodiment, a larger amount of air is introduced through an inlet (the bell mouth 82) of the blower 7 from front and rear portions of the bell mouth 82 where the number of elements which can serve as air resistance are few.
  • the diffuser part 9 an air flow rate is maximized in the front and rear portions and the air flow rate is minimized in both side portions.
  • a diffuser angle ⁇ at the front and rear portions of the diffuser part 9 is set to as large a value as possible in the range in which a turbulent current does not occur (here, a maximum of 35°) even though an air flow rate increases in the front and rear portions of the diffuser part 9, a viscosity loss due to the turbulent current is suppressed and thus a pressure restoring effect at this portion may be maximized.
  • the diffuser angle ⁇ at this portion is set to a small value (a minimum of 3°), the above-described unstable air flow may be suppressed and a pressure restoring effect due to the diffuser part 9 at this portion may also be maximized.
  • the diffuser part 9 since a loss due to an unstable air current such as a dispersion of the suction flow rate is suppressed as much as possible, a pressure restoring effect is maximized, and a blowing efficiency may be dramatically increased.
  • blowers 7 are installed in series and the diffuser angles ⁇ at adjacent portions are set to be small values, an angle of an air current discharged therefrom becomes approximately vertical, Interference of the air currents exhausted from both of the blower 7 may be suppressed, and thus low noise blowing at high efficiency may be possible.
  • D ratio is set to 0.9 or less, a bending process of the top panel 51 is certainly possible at a position at which the outlet opening of the diffuser part 9 is closest to an edge of a top panel surface plate part 511, and thus the bent part 512 may be formed.
  • D ratio is set to 0.6 or more, an equalization of a change ratio of the outlet opening of the diffuser.let (a change ratio of the diffuser angle ⁇ along a circumferential direction) of the diffuser part defined by D ratio , an equalization of a flow change by reducing the change and improvement of noise performance may be obtained.
  • a configuration related to this may also be applied to the top panel 51 having a rectangular shape as seen from the axis of rotation C.
  • a diffuser angle be changed and an additional shape different from a circle be formed according to a shape of a downstream end opening of the diffuser part or, for example, a distribution of a suction flow rate. Since the distribution of the suction flow rate depends on at least an arrangement of internal apparatuses, it is preferable that, for example, a diffuser angle of the inclined surface positioned at a position at which the bell mouth parts are not vertically overlapped be set to be greater than the diffuser angle of the inclined surface positioned at a portion at which the internal apparatuses and the bell mouth part are vertically overlapped. Specifically, as illustrated in FIG.
  • a downstream end opening 9a of the diffuser part may have a shape such as a rectangular shape with rounded corners (see FIG. 4A ), an oval shape (see FIG. 4B ) or the like.
  • a case in which the diffuser angle ⁇ is maximized at the corners may occur.
  • the air flow rate does not need to be a maximum at a position at which the diffuser angle ⁇ is the maximum.
  • the diffuser angle ⁇ may also vary discontinuously.
  • the downstream end opening 9a has a shape with angles at discontinuous positions.
  • the diffuser angle ⁇ is set to 35° as a maximum and 3° as a minimum in the embodiment, it is not limited thereto.
  • the maximum value may also be less than 35°, and the minimum value may also be more than 3°.
  • the diffuser angle ⁇ of a side of an adjacent blower is preferably in the range of 3° ⁇ 7°.
  • the diffuser angle ⁇ may be formed to be smoothly changed step-by-step or continuously toward a downstream side as seen from a cross-section parallel to an axis of rotation. In this case, an enlargement rate of the flow path of the diffuser part increases toward the downstream side.
  • a height of the downstream end of the propeller fan 71 and a height of an upstream end of the diffuser part 9 are matched when seen from a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation C as illustrated in FIG. 3 , this may also be changed.
  • H denotes a value of an outer circumferential end of the propeller fan 71 along a shaft
  • Z denotes a distance between the upstream end of the diffuser part 9 and the downstream end of the propeller fan 71 along the shaft
  • Z be in the range of H ⁇ 20%.
  • a shape of the bell mouth duct is not limited to a cylindrical shape, and when the outer circumferential end of the propeller fan does not have a vertical shape, for example, the shape may be a partial cone shape corresponding thereto, or a noise prevention blade may be installed at the diffuser part. Such an example will be described in detail in a second embodiment.
  • the blower may not be limited to the outdoor unit, and may be used for various uses.
  • the blower may also be used for a blower having a ventilation fan or a blower connected to a duct for ventilation.
  • blower is not limited to air and may obtain the same effect by being applied to a gas.
  • a blower 100 according to the present embodiment is formed by a resin injection mold, as illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 9 , and includes a container-shaped molded object 1 formed in a substantially cylindrical shape and a molded blade part 2 in which a stator part 2F provided with a plurality of noise prevention blades 22 having a substantially flat rectangular parallelepiped shape is formed at a central circular portion.
  • the molded blade part 2 is assembled in the container-shaped molded object 1, and then the stator part 2F may be disposed at a predetermined position in the container-shaped molded object 1.
  • a fan guide FG is installed at a downstream side of the molded blade part 2 to cover the stator part 2F.
  • the container-shaped molded object 1 is integrally formed with a bell mouth part 11 which is disposed to be spaced a predetermined distance from an outer circumferential end of the propeller fan FN in a radius direction, and a diffuser part 12 which is installed at a downstream side of the bell mouth part 11 and wherein a flow path extends from an upstream side toward a downstream side.
  • the bell mouth part 11 has portions having a circular lateral cross-section, and includes a bell mouth provided to have an open upstream side in a cone shape, and a bell mouth duct installed so that its diameter is increased from a portion facing an uppermost stream portion of the propeller fan FN.
  • an inner circumferential surface of the bell mouth part 11 and an outer circumferential end of the propeller fan FN maintain constant tip clearance when seen from any radius directions.
  • the diffuser part 12 is formed so that an upstream end connected to the bell mouth part 11 is formed to have a perfectly circular lateral cross-section, and as illustrated FIGS. 7 and 8 , is formed so that an opening end of a downstream side has an oval lateral cross-section.
  • the diffuser part 12 is also formed to have a lateral cross-section between an upstream end and a downstream end, in which a lateral cross-sectional area increases from an upstream side toward a downstream side, and simultaneously, the upstream end and the downstream end are smoothly and continuously connected.
  • an area enlargement rate of a flow path at an upstream side end of the diffuser part 12 is greater than that of a lower downstream side end of the bell mouth part 11, and as illustrated in FIG. 6 , the diffuser part 12 is connected to the bell mouth part 11 in a bent state.
  • a length of a downstream end of the diffuser part 12 along a major axis direction is defined as W and a length along a minor axis direction is defined as D, each length is set to satisfy 0.75 ⁇ D/W ⁇ 1 in the present embodiment.
  • an intersection point of the major and minor axes of the diffuser part 12 and center of the stator part 2F is disposed on an axis of rotation of the propeller fan FN.
  • a downstream side end of the diffuser part 12 is formed to be in contact with an outer circumferential end 2E of the stator part 2F when the molded blade part 2 is assembled at the container-shaped molded object 1, and the stator part 2F is disposed and fixed to a flow path in the diffuser part 12 after assembly.
  • a large seating part 13 which has a flat plate shape widened in a flat surface perpendicular to a shaft, is formed at the downstream end of the diffuser part 12, and the downstream end of the diffuser part 12 is provided to be in contact with an installation flat plate part 25 which is formed at the molded blade part 2 and which will be described later.
  • the above-described structure is formed so that a plurality of concave parts 1B having a shape substantially the same as that of each connection part 23 of the stator part 2F, which will be described later, are formed to be parallel to each other along a circumferential direction.
  • the concave part 1B causes an internal surface of the diffuser part 12 to be concave along a radius direction, and at the same time, a bottom surface thereof to be parallel to the shaft direction. Accordingly, a depth of the concave part 1B becomes deeper from a downstream side to an upstream side.
  • the radial increase rate of the diffuser part 12 is set to be bigger. That is, when seen in a longitudinal cross-section in FIG. 6 , a surface forming the upstream side end of the diffuser part 12 is inclined with respect to a surface forming a downstream side end of the bell mouth part 11 to form a predetermined angle. In other words, as illustrated in FIG.
  • a divergence angle ⁇ at a corner formed by the inner circumferential surface of the diffuser part 12 with respect to a virtual line extending from a downstream end of the bell mouth part 11 in the shaft direction is set to be in the range of 0° ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 18°, which is slightly different from that of the first embodiment.
  • the divergence angle ⁇ is set to the above-described angle, fluid separation due to a reverse pressure gradient is suppressed at an inner peripheral surface of the diffuser part 12, and thus a static pressure rising effect may be easily obtained.
  • the angle ⁇ be in the range of 3° ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 35°.
  • the bell mouth part 11 is for improving a fluid pressure near the propeller fan FN
  • the diffuser part 12 is for increasing a pressure of a vortex from the propeller fan FN.
  • vertical ribs 15 extending along the shaft direction and lateral ribs 14 extending in the circumferential direction are formed to increase strength of the container-shaped molded object.
  • a protrusion direction of the vertical rib 15 does not face a radius direction with respect to the shaft, and the protrusion direction is the same for each half thereof. That is, the container-shaped molded object 1 is provided to be molded by a mold that is divided in two as a front and a rear in a radius direction thereof, and thus the vertical rib 15 is formed in a dividing direction of the mold for each half thereof.
  • the molded blade part 2 includes a hub 21 formed at a central portion in a substantially flat cylindrical shape, a plurality of noise prevention blades 22 disposed at an outer peripheral surface of the hub 21 in an outer radial shape, the connection parts 23 extending from the outer circumferential end 2E of the noise prevention blade 22 to a downstream side in the shaft direction, link parts 24 which connect the connection parts 23 along the circumferential direction, and the installation flat plate part 25 in contact with the large seating part 13 having a flat plate shape.
  • the noise prevention blade 22 is hatched to be seen easily even though it is not a cross-section.
  • the hub 21 includes three coaxial ring-shaped members each having a different diameter and a reinforcement rib structure which connects ring state members along a radial direction. That is, the hub 21 is formed in a hollow through which a fluid can pass, as well as formed to be capable of maintaining a predetermined strength. In addition, since the hub 21 is formed in the hollow, loads on inner circumferential ends of the plurality of noise prevention blades 22 is decreased, strength needed by the noise prevention blade 22 is decreased, and thus the thickness thereof may be formed as thinly as possible.
  • the plurality of noise prevention blades 22 include the stator part 2F, an inner circumferential end 2I of the noise prevention blade 22 is connected to the outer peripheral surface of the hub 21, and the outer circumferential end 2E is formed to be in contact with an inner surface of the diffuser part 12.
  • the diffuser part 12 except for a connection part with the bell mouth part 11, is formed to have a lateral cross-section in an oval shape, shapes of the noise prevention blades 22 and lengths of strings of noise prevention blades are different from each other in a quarter of the oval.
  • the connection part 23 also has a shape corresponding to a shape of the noise prevention blade 22.
  • a blower 100 may decrease a noise level at each frequency, particularly low frequencies, when compared with a conventional technology.
  • the noise prevention blade 22 is installed so that a convex surface 2C thereof faces an upstream side where the bell mouth part 11 and a fan motor exist, as well as a concave pressure surface 2P faces a downstream side where the downstream end of the diffuser part 12 exists.
  • predetermined gaps are defined between the adjacent noise prevention blades 22 so that leading edges 2L and following edges 2T do not overlap each other when seen from the shaft.
  • the connection part 23 includes a plate-shaped part 231 extending from an outer end of the noise prevention blade 22 toward the shaft, and an outer edge rib 232 protruding from an outer edge of the plate-shaped part 231 in the radius direction.
  • the plate-shaped part 231 has an inner circumferential surface having a shape so that the inner circumferential surface of the plate-shaped part 231 matches an inner surface of the diffuser part 12 when the connection part 23 is engaged with the concave part 1B.
  • the outer edge rib 232 is formed to have a height which increases from a downstream side to an upstream side.
  • the link part 24 has a partial ring state extending along a circumferential direction, and is formed to connect upstream side ends of the connection parts 23. That is, the upstream side end of the connection part 23 and the link part 24 are alternatively disposed along the circumferential direction and formed in a ring state as a whole.
  • each division line L of elements is formed to include at least a convex surface forming line L1 forming a convex surface 2C at the outer circumferential end 2E of the noise prevention blade 22.
  • the division line L is defined by the convex surface forming line L1, a circumferential direction line L2 which defines a downstream end of the link part 24, and a shaft direction line L3 which is a downstream side of the outer edge rib 232 of the connection part 23 and extends from the convex surface forming line L1 to the circumferential direction line L2 along the shaft direction.
  • the division line L between the container-shaped molded object 1 and the molded blade part 2 is formed in approximately a saw-toothed shape, and includes the convex surface forming line L1 forming the convex surface 2C at the outer circumferential end 2E of the noise prevention blade 22.
  • the blower 100 since the blower 100 according to the present embodiment has a complex structure in which the diffuser part 12 is formed at the downstream side of the bell mouth part 11 and the stator part 2F in which the shape of the noise prevention blade 22 is formed at an inner surface of the bell mouth part 11 is disposed in the diffuser part, a restoring pressure of fluid increases compared to a conventional technology, and thus the blowing efficiency may be significantly improved.
  • the downstream end of the diffuser part 12 is formed in the oval shape, and the noise prevention blade 22 is installed in the radial shape therein, first, speed of fluid which flows from the downstream end of the diffuser part 12 is decreased, and thus an entire noise level may be decreased.
  • speed of fluid which flows from the downstream end of the diffuser part 12 is decreased, and thus an entire noise level may be decreased.
  • lengths along the span direction or the shapes of the noise prevention blades are not the same and have a tiny difference between them and the vortex coming out from the propeller fan FN and the interference state of the noise prevention blade 22 are different from each other, noise intensively generated at a specific frequency may also be prevented. From that, blowing performance may be significantly improved and a noise level may also be decreased.
  • the container-shaped molded object 1 is divided by the division line L, and the blower 100 includes the molded blade part 2, the noise prevention blades 22 of the diffuser part 12 and the stator part 2F are formed separately.
  • the diffuser part 12 which has the complex shape for improving the blowing efficiency described above, has an enlarged flow path varying from the circular shape to the oval shape and a form in which the noise prevention blade 22 of the stator part 2F is formed up to the outer circumferential end 2E, and thus priority is given to such a complex structure while preventing manufacturability from being decreased.
  • the noise prevention blades 22 do not overlap when seen from the shaft, and as illustrated in FIG. 10A , the outer edge rib 232 is only formed at the outer edge part of the connection part 23, and because the upstream side is formed to be open, the molded blade part 2 may be easily molded by a mold divided along the shaft direction.
  • the shape of the bell mouth part 11 which expands from the perfectly circular shape to the oval shape may also be molded by a simple mold.
  • a direction of the vertical rib 15 may be arranged by a half surface, the container-shaped molded object 1 may be molded by a mold divided into two along a radius direction, and thus manufacturability may be improved.
  • the blower 100 since the bell mouth part 11 and the diffuser part 12 are not separately formed, but are integrally formed as the container-shaped molded object 1, the blower 100 includes only two elements of the container-shaped molded object 1 and the molded blade part 2, and thus blowing efficiency is improved as well as the number of elements may also be decreased.
  • a cover member 25 having a top surface in a dome-shaped curved surface to cover a downstream side (a top surface side) of a hub 21 may be installed to prevent a blower 100 from being damaged by being in contact with a bell mouth part 11 when snow is accumulated on a central portion of a propeller fan FN and a rotation shaft is shaken.
  • the cover member 25 may be provided to be separable from the hub 21 so that cost is easily decreased by omitting the present structure in areas snow does not fall.
  • the stator part 2F is formed by installing the noise prevention blade 22 into the diffuser part 12 in a radial shape, for instance, the plurality of noise prevention blades 22 having a shape expanding straight along a long or minor axis may be installed. Such a structure may improve blowing efficiency and also suppress a noise from being intensively increased at a specific frequency by varying lengths of the noise prevention blades 22.
  • the downstream end of the diffuser part 12 has an oval shape, for instance, the downstream end may have a polygonal shape close to a circle or oval. In this case, it is preferable that a central point of the downstream end of the diffuser part 12 be disposed on the rotation shaft line of the propeller fan FN.

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